Here's What We Read...
Click on a month below for our recommended books, plus suggestions for discussions and activities.
![All Are Welcome cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/All-Are-Welcome_calendar_art2.jpg?itok=0hYIhjLv)
August 2019
Set the Tone for the School Year
![Imagine cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/Imagine_calendar_art.jpg?itok=Qwxo-hEv)
September 2019
Spread Hope & Possibilities
![Donkey cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/donkey_calendar_art.jpg?itok=vkPN_ZvX)
October 2019
Help Students Find Common Ground
![We Are Grateful cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/we_are_grateful_calendar_art.jpg?itok=UFuvPH3N)
November 2019
Grow Gratitude
![Because cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/BECAUSE_calendar_art.jpg?itok=rTyA7al-)
December 2019
Celebrate Inspiration
![Lovely Beasts cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/lovely_beasts_calendar_art.jpg?itok=7hVmFt7y)
January 2020
Investigate the World
![Carter cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/Carter_calendar_art.jpg?itok=qsAEAj9k)
February 2020
Explore Families & Communities
![The Book Tree cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/TheBookTree_calendar_art.jpg?itok=wqb2ovhL)
March 2020
Grow a Love of Reading
![Poetry of US cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/Poetry-of-US_calendar_art.jpg?itok=kIj93Xnh)
April 2020
Nurture a Sense of Place & Belonging
![Leila in Saffron cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/leila-in-saffron-calendar_art.jpg?itok=h94T3Zng)
May 2020
Explore Identity
![Lubna and Pebble cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/lubna_calendar_art.jpg?itok=_DpCqjUf)
June 2020
Cultivate Compassion
![Hair Garden cover detail](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/styles/640x530/public/2021-01/Hair_garden_calendar_art.jpg?itok=gEgwmnrx)
July 2020
Build Student Self-Confidence
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